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Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina) Size: 10 cm Weight: 5-8 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Mountain Thornbills are very small rainforest birds. The forehead is scalloped cream, on the dark greyish-brown background of the upperparts. Only the rump is brown. The throat is lightly streaked grey, while the rest of the underparts are olive-grey, except for the off-white vent and undertail coverts. The irises are white, the bill, legs and feet are dark-grey. Juveniles are usually discernible only by their yellow gape.

Taxonomy, classification See Mountain Thornbill at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Mountain Thornbill is available HERE . Mountain Thornbills are endemic to the wet tropical upland rainforests of far-northern QLD. Their range extends across the highlands from just to the North of Townsville, QLD, to about Cape Tribulation, QLD. Mountain Thornbills are highly specialised in wet tropical upland rainforest.

Sightings Click here for sighting information M. Eaton reports finding Mountain Thornbills at Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, in August 2023. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has been kindly contributed by M. Eaton.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Mountain Thornbill foraging in what looks like a butterbush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Hypipamee, QLD, August 2023]

Lateral view of a Mountain Thornbill foraging between dead leaves (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a Mountain Thornbill foraging in what looks like a butterbush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Hypipamee, QLD, August 2023]

Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Mountain Thornbill hanging upside down (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]

Ventral view of a Mountain Thornbill (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]

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